Chapter 240 The Pain of China and France(2/2)
Including the colonies and protectors currently controlled by China, the scale of the two sides can enjoy this alliance treatment and expand the scope of interests of both sides together.
France still has a lot of debts owed to China. Every year, interest alone is as high as 2 francs. Although the interest rate of debt recovered by France from Germany, Latin America, Italy and other countries is much higher than this scale, if France expands its cooperation, China can transform these debts into francs in the French financial market and directly invest in France and its colonial markets 0
Therefore, Song Biao's attitude is to either not renew the contract. Don't engage in alliances. I do mine. If you do it, you must engage in a large alliance that is very beneficial to both sides, and truly achieve the level of confrontation with the British-Japanese alliance.
The problem now is that the navy of the British-Japanese alliance is indeed too strong. China and France are the standard for Britain. In addition, there are only one more Japanese today, with more than a dozen dreadnoughts and super dreadnoughts in front of the Sino-French alliance.
Very awkward, very, very awkward.
Song Biao was inspired and said the truth, while Marshal Xiafei was also worried.
The two of them talked for a while, and they seemed very silent when talking about the naval issue. It was also blamed by France. When the Washington Treaty negotiations were negotiated, China and the United States greatly supported France to have higher standards. France itself considered the financial situation and the need to avoid conflicts with Britain, and did not actively strive for it. The attitude was very plain.
I really regret it now.
After a few minutes of silence, Jiang Fangzhen, who had been listening to the discussion topic, suddenly said: "Can we absorb another new ally, a country that is not restricted by the Washington Treaty, and has a relatively large foundation for naval and industrial expansion."
Marshal Xiafei thought for a while and said, "The British-Japanese Alliance will also deal with this."
Song Biao said: "Brazil and Argentina choose one, and there is basically no third choice. Australia and Canada are both British and Japanese alliances, which is extremely unfavorable to us. Another way is to let Indonesia **, but it is of little significance and will be furiously opposed by Britain. Britain's mainland balance policy is very vicious. The huge colony it reserved for the Netherlands and Belgium is to restrain Germany, and Germany is used to restrain France. This is a clever policy like a pearl chain."
Marshal Xiafei said: "It would be better to support Argentina."
Song Biao understood that Xia Fei's meaning was nothing more than that the United States had special control over Brazil. The alliance between France and Brazil would shock the United States, which was a huge challenge to the basic national policy of the so-called "America is the America of the United States".
Song Biao has a very long-term consideration for this. Although things will be difficult, there is no problem as long as you seize the right opportunity. Moreover, the Far East Consortium has developed in Brazil with Bank of America for more than ten years. In the past fifteen years, Brazil has absorbed a large number of foreign immigrants, and Chinese immigrants account for half of the new immigrants, which has reached as many as 600,000. Among South American countries, the number of Chinese in Brazil is the largest.
After a brief weighing of the trade-offs, Song Biao insisted: "Brazil is a better choice. Of course, it does not mean that we will not develop close cooperation with Argentina and Peru. The world is always changing constantly. We are not going to colonize South America, but we only respect their status and choose to cooperate with them. In Central America, which has a closer control of the United States, we will never get involved. Of course, we still need a long time to arrange it before formally forming an alliance, which requires a lot of complicated work."
Marshal Xiafei had nothing to say. He had no more say in matters at this level. He needed the President of the French Republic and His Majesty the Emperor to negotiate in person. In fact, adding some new allies is something France urgently needs to do, including in Europe, France also formed a large number of alliances around Germany, trying to limit Germany.
China is quite exclusionary to this because China is worried that China and France will once again be completely opposed by conflicts between small countries like World War I. It is under China's opposition that France and the Czech Republic signed relatively low-level agreements such as military mutual assistance and strategic cooperation, and there is no clear and strict military alliance responsibility.
Chapter completed!